Lintian::P...Installable(3)

💖 Lintian::P...Installable — bestie edition 💖

ok so this is the Lintian::P...Installable page, from the Debian Package Checker manual. no cap, it's a whole class and it's lowkey iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

Lintian::Processable::Installable — an installation package that Lintian can process. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ok so you literally just do this:

use Lintian::Processable::Installable;

my $processable = Lintian::Processable::Installable->new;
$processable->init_from_file('path');

that's it. that's the whole thing. slay. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this class represents a 'deb' or 'udeb' file that Lintian can process. periodt.

objects of this kind are often part of a Lintian::Group — and a Lintian::Group represents all the files in a changes or buildinfo file. so like, the group is the friend group and this object is one of the besties in it. 🫶

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✨ INSTANCE METHODS ✨

• init_from_file (PATH) — initializes a new object from PATH. that's it, that's the method, it's giving simple and effective. ✨

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

originally written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian. we stan. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• lintian(1)
• Lintian::Processable

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ok bestie that's the whole page, go forth and process some installable packages, i believe in you 💜

Lintian v2.139.0ubuntu2 · 2026-10-08 · mwah, kisses, this was Lintian::P...Installable(3) 🦋